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authorPaul Stewart <pstew@chromium.org>2011-03-31 09:25:41 -0700
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2011-04-07 15:34:12 -0400
commitf4263c9857e6411ef2388868cc6c79a1602a654e (patch)
tree2eec220076c4d56a2460e185076cda6646ef2f9f /include/linux/nl80211.h
parent8447c163afeaa7e9f6f015088177b1c8511e0877 (diff)
nl80211: Add BSS parameters to station
This allows user-space monitoring of BSS parameters for the associated station. This is useful for debugging and verifying that the paramaters are as expected. [Exactly the same as before but bundled into a single message] Signed-off-by: Paul Stewart <pstew@chromium.org> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/nl80211.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/nl80211.h35
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 30022189104..16eea7229e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1222,6 +1222,36 @@ enum nl80211_rate_info {
};
/**
+ * enum nl80211_sta_bss_param - BSS information collected by STA
+ *
+ * These attribute types are used with %NL80211_STA_INFO_BSS_PARAM
+ * when getting information about the bitrate of a station.
+ *
+ * @__NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_INVALID: attribute number 0 is reserved
+ * @NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_CTS_PROT: whether CTS protection is enabled (flag)
+ * @NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_SHORT_PREAMBLE: whether short preamble is enabled
+ * (flag)
+ * @NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_SHORT_SLOT_TIME: whether short slot time is enabled
+ * (flag)
+ * @NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_DTIM_PERIOD: DTIM period for beaconing (u8)
+ * @NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_BEACON_INTERVAL: Beacon interval (u16)
+ * @NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_MAX: highest sta_bss_param number currently defined
+ * @__NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_AFTER_LAST: internal use
+ */
+enum nl80211_sta_bss_param {
+ __NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_INVALID,
+ NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_CTS_PROT,
+ NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_SHORT_PREAMBLE,
+ NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_SHORT_SLOT_TIME,
+ NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_DTIM_PERIOD,
+ NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_BEACON_INTERVAL,
+
+ /* keep last */
+ __NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_AFTER_LAST,
+ NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_MAX = __NL80211_STA_BSS_PARAM_AFTER_LAST - 1
+};
+
+/**
* enum nl80211_sta_info - station information
*
* These attribute types are used with %NL80211_ATTR_STA_INFO
@@ -1233,7 +1263,7 @@ enum nl80211_rate_info {
* @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BYTES: total transmitted bytes (u32, to this station)
* @NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL: signal strength of last received PPDU (u8, dBm)
* @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE: current unicast tx rate, nested attribute
- * containing info as possible, see &enum nl80211_sta_info_txrate.
+ * containing info as possible, see &enum nl80211_rate_info
* @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_PACKETS: total received packet (u32, from this station)
* @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_PACKETS: total transmitted packets (u32, to this
* station)
@@ -1245,6 +1275,8 @@ enum nl80211_rate_info {
* @NL80211_STA_INFO_PLINK_STATE: peer link state for the station
* @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BITRATE: last unicast data frame rx rate, nested
* attribute, like NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE.
+ * @NL80211_STA_INFO_BSS_PARAM: current station's view of BSS, nested attribute
+ * containing info as possible, see &enum nl80211_sta_bss_param
* @__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST: internal
* @NL80211_STA_INFO_MAX: highest possible station info attribute
*/
@@ -1264,6 +1296,7 @@ enum nl80211_sta_info {
NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_FAILED,
NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG,
NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BITRATE,
+ NL80211_STA_INFO_BSS_PARAM,
/* keep last */
__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST,